Observatory Astronomical Image Library updated to 1.5.1

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Sander has just updated his Mac astronomical image cataloging application with some cool new features. You can now filter your image library by 21 new criteria, creating smart filters to filter by object type, equipment used, etc. How cool.

Get it here in the Mac App Store.

New

  • New smart album criteria: album name, observatory name, detector temperature, constellation IAU code & name, canvas width & height, binning width & height, airmass, azimuth, altitude, latitude, longitude, focal length, aperture diameter, ISO speed, pedestal, gain, right ascension and declination.

  • Rotator angle support. This optional information is extracted from images upon importing, and taken into account when calibrating and auto-stacking. This field is available in the version inspector and list browser.

  • Help articles about organizing images with Observatory and smart albums.

  • Expert preference for disabling the automatic black & white point adjustments.

Changed

  • Improved library performance.

  • Copy the original file when exporting a master FITS or SBIG file with its original dimensions.

  • Double click a folder, album or smart album to edit it.

  • Duration of importing and exporting in console output.

  • Small corrections to the user guide and added a FAQ about automatically reopening library windows.

  • When exporting a FITS file the SWMODIFY keyword is now set.

Fixed

  • A bug in galaxy overlay position angles.

  • Missing title when exporting to PDF.

  • Observer, camera and telescope name smart album criteria not behaving correctly.

  • After creating or editing a smart album it is now always selected and the browser updated.

  • Incorrect library is being opened when using Open Recent from Welcome window.

  • Enabled image upscaling for printing and PDF export, because only allowing downscaling had the unintentional consequence that for high dpi printers images would come out post stamp sized.

  • Adjustments and managed masters created from image versions are now using the attributes of the image version instead of the master image.

  • Lowered precedence of ESO hierarchical FITS keywords so they are not used for exporting.

  • FITS image concurrency bug that could be triggered by automatically reopening multiple libraries upon application launch.

  • Support DEBAYER FITS keyword.